A faithful reader recently alerted me to a post he wrote on his blog about his experience last week with speed dating. It reminded me of the time my roommate and I signed ourselves up for the Lock and Key Encounter singles event through Space City Mixer. So, of course, I felt it was time for another Flashback Friday…
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Nearly two years ago, I was spending a lot of time with a male friend of mine from college who works at a local ski and snowboard shop. We were each other’s perfect wing (wo)men, he would accompany me as my cute, platonic friend to all of my girly events and smooch my best friends, I would accompany him to all the events at his work as his cute, platonic female friend and smooch all his coworkers. One coworker of his particularly stuck out to me, however. He seemed to always be the center of attention in a room, and physically, everything I liked about a man. I referred to him as my Bearded Lover, and I’d casually make a point to not miss any event I thought he’d be at. One night we flirted, laughed, flirted some more, and after the night was over, I discovered someone had “slipped” his number into my phone. But, I never gathered enough courage to call.
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Two summers ago, I accompanied some girl friends of mine to a party. It was at a house located in Wallingford that featured a sprawling front yard, different deck levels, a bonfire and a hot tub. When we arrived, I grabbed a keg cup and began scanning the room for potential cute boys. The selection seemed a little sparse, minus one guy who was standing in the corner and immediately stood out as the best-looking guy at the party. I pointed him out to my girl friends, all of whom agreed with my observation. As the night wore on, I couldn’t help but to continuously glance in his direction–borderline staring at him–while trying to catch his eye.
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This is really embarrassing to admit, but I signed onto the Seattle Speed Date event last night on SpeedDate.com to see what it was all about. (For the sake of the blog! For the sake of the blog!)
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Friday night I went out with a good-sized group of single women. A mutual friend of mine decided to gather all the sassy single girls she knew together for a night out on the town–and on the prowl. As we gathered in my friend’s kitchen for a few pre-night cocktails, I looked at the girls around me in the room. I was surrounded by beautiful, educated, independent women. Most men would be flattered to take any of these women out or introduce them as a girlfriend. Or so one would think. But, apparently in this dating world of young professionals, it’s not enough anymore to have a good education, stable job, your own condo, etc. Now, apparently some single men in Seattle are judging a woman on her salary, to determine whether she’s a catch or not…
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